Global Perspectives on Youth Language Practices
Title | Global Perspectives on Youth Language Practices PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Groff |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2022-02-07 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1501514687 |
Most journal articles, edited volumes and monographs on youth language practices deal with one specific variety, one geographical setting, or with one specific continent. This volume bridges these different studies, and it approaches youth language from a much broader angle. A global framework and a diversity of methodologies enable a wider perspective that gives room to comparisons of youth’s manipulations and linguistic agency, transnational communicative practices and language contact scenarios. The research presented addresses structural features of everyday talk and text, youth identity issues related to specific purposes and contexts, and sociocultural emphases on ideologies and belonging. Combining insights into sociolinguistic and structural features of youth language, the volume includes case studies from Asia (Indonesia), Australia and Oceania (Arnhem Land, New Ireland), South America (the Amazon, Chile, Argentina), Europe (Germany, Spain) and Africa (Uganda, Nigeria, DR Congo, Central African Republic, South Africa). It expands on existing publications and offers a more comparative and "global" approach, without a division of youth’s strategies in terms of geographical space or language family. This collection, including a conceptual introduction, is of interest to scholars from several linguistic subfields working in different regional contexts as well as sociologists and anthropologists working in the field of adolescence and youth studies.
Global Perspectives on Youth Language Practices
Title | Global Perspectives on Youth Language Practices PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Groff |
Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2021-10-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781501520778 |
Most journal articles, edited volumes and monographs on youth language practices deal with one specific variety, one geographical setting, or with one specific continent. This volume bridges these different studies and approaches youth language from a much broader angle: A global framework and a diversity of methodologies enables a wider perspective that gives room to comparisons of youth's manipulative speech and linguistic agency, transnational communicative practices and language contact scenarios. Combining insights into sociolinguistic and structural features of youth registers, sociolects and manipulative speech, the volume includes case studies from Asia (Indonesia), Australia and Oceania (Arnhem Land, New Ireland), South America (the Amazon, Chile, Argentina), Europe (Germany, Spain) and Africa (Uganda, Nigeria, DR Congo, Central African Republic, South Africa). It expands on existing publications and offers a more comparative and global approach, without a division of youth's strategies in terms of geographical space or language family. This collection, including a conceptual introduction, is of interest to scholars from several linguistic subfields, working in different regional contexts and may also interest sociologists and anthropologists working in the field of adolescence and youth studies.
Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa
Title | Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Rajend Mesthrie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107171202 |
An up-to-date, theoretically informed study of male, in-group, street-aligned, youth language practice in various urban centres in Africa.
Language and Social Justice
Title | Language and Social Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen C. Riley |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2024-03-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1350156248 |
Language, whether spoken, written, or signed, is a powerful resource that is used to facilitate social justice or undermine it. The first reference resource to use an explicitly global lens to explore the interface between language and social justice, this volume expands our understanding of how language symbolizes, frames, and expresses political, economic, and psychic problems in society, thus contributing to visions for social justice. Investigating specific case studies in which language is used to instantiate and/or challenge social injustices, each chapter provides a unique perspective on how language carries value and enacts power by presenting the historical contexts and ethnographic background for understanding how language engenders and/or negotiates specific social justice issues. Case studies are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the Pacific Islands, with leading experts tackling a broad range of themes, such as equality, sovereignty, communal well-being, and the recognition of complex intersectional identities and relationships within and beyond the human world. Putting issues of language and social justice on a global stage and casting light on these processes in communities increasingly impacted by ongoing colonial, neoliberal, and neofascist forms of globalization, Language and Social Justice is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area of research.
Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond
Title | Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Nico Nassenstein |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2015-09-14 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1614518521 |
Youth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth languages are a vibrant phenomenon with manifold characteristics involving a range of different languages. This book is a first comprehensive study of African youth languages and presents fresh insights into various youth languages, providing linguistic as well as sociolinguistic data and analyses.
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Youth Culture
Title | The Routledge Handbook of Language and Youth Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Bente A. Svendsen |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 2023-12-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1003811833 |
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Youth Culture offers the first essential grounding of critical youth studies within sociolinguistic research. Young people are often seen to be at the frontline of linguistic creativity and pioneering communicative technologies. Their linguistic practices are considered a primary means of exploring linguistic change as well as the role of language in social life, such as how language and identity, ideology and power intersect. Bringing together leading and cutting-edge perspectives from thought leaders across the globe, this handbook: • addresses how young people’s cultural practices, as well as forces like class, gender, ethnicity and race, influence language • considers emotions, affect, age and ageism, materiality, embodiment and the political youth, as well as processes of unmooring language and place • critically reflects on our understandings of terms such as ‘language’, ‘youth’ and ‘culture’, drawing on insights from youth studies to help contextualise age within power dynamics • features examples from a wide range of linguistic contexts such as social media and the classroom, as well as expressions such as graffiti, gestures and different musical genres including grime and hip-hop. Providing important insights into how young people think, feel, act, and communicate in the complexity of a polarised world, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Youth Culture is an invaluable resource for advanced students and researchers in disciplines including sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, multilingualism, youth studies and sociology.
The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World
Title | The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Martin J. Ball |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 992 |
Release | 2023-07-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1000901963 |
Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages and social settings, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World was originally the first single-volume collection surveying the current research trends in international sociolinguistics. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and significantly expanded, and now includes more than 50 chapters written by leading authorities and a brand-new substantial introduction by John Edwards. Coverage has been expanded regionally and there is a critical focus on Indigenous languages. This handbook remains a key tool to help widen the perspective on sociolinguistics to readers interested in the field. Divided into sections covering the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Africa, and Europe, the book provides readers with a solid, up-to-date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field of sociolinguistics in each area. It clearly explains the patterns and systematicity that underlie language variation in use, along with the ways in which alternations between different language varieties mark personal style, social power, and national identity. The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World is the ideal resource for all students in undergraduate sociolinguistics courses and for researchers involved in the study of language, society, and power.